Villanova Basketball Report – Nova Finally Loses a BIG EAST Game, Jermaine Samuels Finally Shoots the Basketball
In this week’s Villanova Basketball Report, with Bob Long, Kevin Long, and Kevin McClernand, we discuss Villanova’s weekend of close calls, including an overtime win against Creighton and a one-point loss at Marquette. We evaluate the highs and lows of Phil Booth’s season, as well as Jermaine Samuels’ loathe to shooting in the most recent […]
Villanova Basketball Report: Nova Still Unbeaten Halfway through BIG EAST Play, Marquette Looms
In this week’s Villanova Basketball Report, with Bob Long and Kevin McClernand, we discuss the changing roles of Phil Booth and Collin Gillespie in the offense, and preview the top 15 matchup between Villanova and Marquette on Saturday (Start-33:15). We then went to the whiteboard and broke down how Villanova will need to throw different […]
Derek Gerberich (StatHouse Analytics) Full Interview
In this week’s Villanova Basketball Report, we highlighted the emergence of a new statistical and analytics-based website, StathouseAnalytics.com, that is changing the way people look at basketball. We interview one of the founders of the site, Derek Gerberich, to learn more about the origins of the site, how they came up with the “secret sauce” […]
Villanova Basketball Report: Is this Nova Team Here to Stay?
In this week’s Villanova Basketball Report, with Bob Long and Kevin Long, we discuss the past few weeks of Villanova basketball, specifically some of the major changes in the rotation, and the changing roles of Phil Booth, Collin Gillespie, Eric Paschall, Jahvon Quinerly, Dhamir Cosby-Roundtree, and more (Start-32:45). Bob then goes to the whiteboard to […]
V’s and O’s: Villanova Defense Gets Exposed by Penn Against High Ball and Off Ball Screens
In this week’s V’s and O’s, Bob Long breaks down on the whiteboard how the Penn Quakers exposed Villanova’s permeable defense by using a stellar combination of off-ball and on-ball screens.
Villanova Basketball Report: Nova back to the Drawing Board as Penn Pastes Nova Offensively
In this week’s Villanova Basketball Report, with Bob Long, Kevin Long, and Kevin McClernand, we discuss Villanova’s recent struggles, including two losses in one week, to Penn, and to Kansas. We break down each of the defensive mishaps on a possession-by-possession basis in the second half of the Penn game, and highlight how badly Villanova […]
Villanova Basketball Report: Nova Sweeps Temple and St. Joe’s, but Penn and Kansas Await
In this week’s Villanova Basketball Report, with Bob Long and Kevin McClernand, we discuss the victories over Temple and St. Joe’s last week. We also preview the Penn game on Tuesday night with the Big Five championship on the line, and the road test against Kansas at Phog Allen Fieldhouse on Saturday (Start-27:00). Next, it […]
V’s and O’s: Holy War Edition (Villanova vs. St. Joseph’s)
In this week’s Villanova Basketball Report, with Bob Long, Kevin Long, and Kevin McClernand, we also bring on Tony Morelli of “Tony’s Takes,” a St. Joseph’s University-based radio show that focuses on Hawks basketball. In our weekly V’s and O’s segment, we go to the whiteboard to discuss the offensive and defensive strategies of both […]
Video: V’s and O’s: Villanova Needs Joe Cremo and Cole Swider to Space the Floor for the Offense to Succeed
In this week’s “V’s and O’s” segment, Bob Long demonstrated on the whiteboard why the development of Cole Swider and Joe Cremo as sharpshooters on the outside to space the floor is a key for this team’s offensive style to succeed.
Video: Villanova Basketball Report: Statement Bounceback Win for Nova at Advocare Invitational
In this week’s Villanova Basketball Report, with Bob Long, Kevin Long, and Kevin McClernand, we discuss the first few weeks of the season and the transition from the four early departures from last year to a young, inexperienced team searching for an identity. In the “Opening Tip” we discuss the Advocare Invitational Championship, the role […]